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New-Gen Chinese Stealth Fighter to Fly in 2021: Report

New-Gen Chinese Stealth Fighter to Fly in 2021: Report

China’s new-generation fighter jet is scheduled to make its maiden flight in 2021, an aviation industry report revealed on Monday. Analysts speculate that it will be China’s new aircraft carrier-based fighter jet.

A team at China Aero-Polytechnology Establishment under the state-owned Aviation In…

Pentagon’s Use of Military Contractors Hides True Costs of War

Pentagon’s Use of Military Contractors Hides True Costs of War

The rockets that fell on a military base in Iraq did not distinguish between soldiers and contractors. Nawres Hamid, a U.S. contractor working as an interpreter, was killed in the Dec. 27 attack by an Iranian-backed militia that also injured American troops, prompting retaliatory strikes that edged …
US Missile Defense Chief Looks to Cope with Changing Threat

US Missile Defense Chief Looks to Cope with Changing Threat

Missile defense has gone from pie-in-the-sky Star Wars technology in the 1980s to a proven military capability in the 21st century, and the Missile Defense Agency is looking to extend those capabilities against new threats.

Navy Vice Adm. Jon Hill, the agency’s director, told the Hypersonic Weapo…

China Touts ‘Great Potential’ of Y-20 Transport Aircraft

China Touts ‘Great Potential’ of Y-20 Transport Aircraft

BEIJING — Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, China’s domestically developed Yun-20 large transport aircraft has carried out missions abroad for many times, successively delivering anti-epidemic supplies to Pakistan, Thailand and other countries.

Recently, it made its maiden flight to…

MBDA’s MMP Missile Selected for European BLOS Capability

MBDA’s MMP Missile Selected for European BLOS Capability

MBDA is joining with 13 partners and subcontractors from 5 countries to develop a new capability based on the MMP missile system that will be unique for mounted and dismounted forces.

LynkEUs, an MBDA coordinated project, has been selected by the European Commission as part of the new European De…

First NATO Tanker Aircraft Arrives at Dutch Home Base

First NATO Tanker Aircraft Arrives at Dutch Home Base

LUXEMBOURG — On 30 June 2020, the first Multinational MRTT Fleet (MMF) aircraft arrived at the Main Operating Base located in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. The ferry flight was successfully completed from Getafe (Madrid), marking a significant milestone for the programme.

The MMF is managed by th…


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